The REALITY is that the risks to our drinking water from gas drilling go well beyond frackingSpills, work site accidents, truck accidents and illegal activity can and do happen in every industry With gas drilling, though, we're dealing with millions of gallons of dangerous and deadly chemicals, thousands of gas wells and millions of truck trips Despite the best effort of industry, these events did occur Disasters big and small will continue to occur and continue to put your drinking water at risk |
Fracking has a very low risk of contamination. The risk is higher at the surface with handling of frac constituents.
Gary Hanson, Texas Land Institute, November 3, 2009
The [EPA in Texas] has data to indicate that two private drinking water wells, and potentially more, have been significantly impacted by the methane contamination.
ProPublica, December 8, 2010